From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:35:16 +0000 (+0200) Subject: curl.1: spell out the -O target directory X-Git-Tag: curl-7_21_5~14 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b2e06ea166a6c57befd9113ebcd0b4662f41a56f;p=curl curl.1: spell out the -O target directory When using -O the file will be saved in the current directory, and this is now spelled out clearly. --- diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 481448325..04511fae4 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -916,6 +916,10 @@ part of the remote file is used, the path is cut off.) The remote file name to use for saving is extracted from the given URL, nothing else. +Consequentially, the file will be saved in the current working directory. If +you want the file saved in a different directory, make sure you change current +working directory before you invoke curl with the \fB-O/--remote-name\fP flag! + You may use this option as many times as the number of URLs you have. .IP "--remote-name-all" This option changes the default action for all given URLs to be dealt with as